Magic in Chalutzim

Rabbi Ilana Greenfield Baden, Director of Community Engagement, Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI and Cantorial Soloist Ilana Axel, Beth Tikvah Congregation, Hoffman Estates, IL, Segel in Chalutzim As Chalutzim faculty, we have the honor of...

Museum and Mesibah

By Naomi Gamoran, Tiferet Rosh Eidah What a week we have had in Tiferet! Our kehila (community) has really begun to come together, and the chanichim are looking forward to an amazing third week! Last week Tiferet had a lot of excitement! On Wednesday, we went on a...

Shabbat Shalom from OSRUI

SHABBAT PINCHAS 2013 The rains finally stopped, although in truth they largely came at night and the days were really quite nice.  Right now the sun is shining and the sky is blue.  We have had lots of activity this week with many of our eidot out on trips. CHALUTZIM...

What I Love About Camp

by Anne Stein, Kallah Faculty Member and Director of Education at Cong. Etz Chaim in Lombard Each morning the segel (faculty) lead t’filot (services); each evening the chanichim (campers) lead t’filot.  One of our roles as segel is to help the chanichim put together...

Amazing Experiences on our first trip in Moshavah!!

By Elana Gordon, Moshavah Rosh Eidah In Moshavah, we just returned from our first trip!  The chanichim had a fantastic time.  Despite quite a bit of rain, everyone returned with high spirits and lots of great stories.  A few of the chanichim wrote about their...